October 21, 2009
Farrakhan Angling for Obama Cabinet Position
Nutty statements are a prerequisite, right?
Nation of Islam leader Minister Louis Farrakhan told an audience in Memphis he believes the H1N1 flu vaccine was developed to kill people, a witness said.Farrakhan, 76, spoke for nearly three hours Sunday at a gathering to observe the religious group's Holy Day of Atonement, which also marked the 14th anniversary of the Million Man March in Washington, the (Memphis) Commercial Appeal reported, citing a source who attended the speech.
"The Earth can't take 6.5 billion people. We just can't feed that many. So what are you going to do? Kill as many as you can. We have to develop a science that kills them and makes it look as though they died from some disease," Farrakhan said, adding that many wise people won't take the vaccine.
The medical research community hasn't exactly covered themselves in glory in the past, but asserting there is a widespread genocide being perpetrated under the public's already supicious eye is borderline insane by any measure.
Which I guess means he'll end up formulating the administration's economic policy...
He wants to be a czar not a cabinet member. No confirmation hearing, no background check, more power, less responsibility.
Posted by: chris at October 21, 2009 07:54 PMAs far as I can tell the vaccine is as good as any flu shot with the same side effects. I have recommended that my 17 year old get the shot. I rarely get anything as most of my patients get a flu shot and come breath on me and insist on shaking hands. Thus the vaccine is passed on to me and my wife. But the swine flu seems to kill a number of adolescents with a rather vigorous pneumonia.
As to the reference study. That actually was a legitimate trial. It involved people with secondary and tertiary syphilis for which it was not known then and not well known now as to whether penicillin would effect a cure like it does with primary syphilis. The fault of the study is that the individuals did not know they were under observation. Thus the development of IRB's in all hospitals. These are ethics boards that monitor all studies. Some of these, like at LSU are corrupt in their on right. But for the most part they operate in a satisfactory manner for patient protection.
